Neil Gorsuch — Donald Trump’s anti-abortion and anti-LGBT Supreme Court nominee — is on track to get confirmed as soon as next week. Democrats in the Senate are hoping they can kill the nomination with a filibuster, although there may be enough support for Gorsuch’s nomination to defeat a filibuster and allow the vote to… [Read More]

Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens has been named as Kennesaw State University president Wednesday, by the Georgia Board of Regents. Students and faculty are rightfully angry over Olens’ anti-gay rights record and lack of experience. Students and faculty are upset by Olens’ stance on marriage equality and transgender rights as attorney general. The GA Voice… [Read More]

This morning, Republican State House lawmakers paraded before their colleagues to condemn Mike Griffin, a familiar face around the State Capitol who has lobbied for groups like Georgia Right to Life and the Georgia Baptist Mission Board. Griffin’s sin? He launched a direct assault on legislators in an online letter, saying “We must not let… [Read More]

From Georgia Voice: “Flint Dollar, the openly gay former band director who was fired from a Catholic prep school in Macon last May because he planned on marrying his partner, has filed a federal lawsuit against the school.” One of the most shocking parts of Dollar’s discrimination story was that he was fired despite the fact that… [Read More]

You did it! Together, we killed Sen. Josh McKoon’s “License to Discriminate” bill. When we started this session in January, Georgia was on the fast track to pass this bill. This session could easily have been different. We could have been Indiana. But you spoke up, took action and refused to let that happen. Georgia… [Read More]